Here's how my game went and my comments:
Tune Up...ROCKET...3500/5000..1st/10...there's a five way tie with my two boards, COSMO, METLCA, and DODIE.
.............LITBOX...3500/5000...1st/10.
I would have done even worse if Rob hadn't have got us one.
The Line Up...ROCKET...10500/15000...4th/10.
...........LITBOX...10500/15000...4th/10...I go 7 right and 3 wrong which was as bad as last week. I get both 'San Francisco' answers wrong.
The name of a Van Morrison album and where the Concert For Tibet was held. PLBAAB wins round and takes the lead.
Triviaoke...ROCKET...20120/25000...2nd/10. COSMO is in the lead with 21250.
............LITBOX...20120/25000...2nd/10. I didn't get any -250s this week and all my answers were for at least 900 points.
Opening Act...ROCKET...24870/35000...1st/10.
...........LITBOX...24870/35000...1st/10.
The Pound key round. I figured I must have gone 5 right for 1000, 2 for +250, 3 for -250, and 0 I didn't answer. PLBAAB wins round but my
two boards take the lead.
Headliner...ROCKET...35120/56250...1st/10.
............LITBOX...35120/56250...1st/10...I get eight right while the others probably got seven as I just guessed at Q5 but I know he's a
favourite of the quiz writers.
MOTHERS IN SONG: 1. 'Mother and Child Reunion' was the first solo hit for this singer/songwriter:--Paul Simon...2. Which of these 'Mother'
songs is a Garth Brooks classic?--Papa Loved Mama...3. 'Mama Told Me Not To Come' is one of the most famous songs of this quirky songwriter:
--Randy Newman...4. What is the name of the mother in The Beatles 'Let It Be'?--Mary...5. "Mama, papa, boys and girls, holding hands around
the world" are lines from a song by:--Todd Rundgren...6. Which C & W singer's first hit was 'Let Mother Nature Have Her Way':--Carl Smith...
7. 'Mother Popcorn' is a 1960s recording by:--James Brown...8. The 1962 single 'Mama Sang A Song' was his first visit to the top of the charts:--
Bill Anderson...9. In the Rolling Stones song what color is Mother's little helper?--Yellow...10. This singer had an alternative radio hit in
1996 with 'Mother Mother':--Tracy Bonham

I miss Q6 and Q9 in this round to hurt on building up bonus points. Rob got us Q2. I wouldn't have got Q3 until I saw the choice of
somgwriters and remember I'd read that before. Q4, not tough for this Beatles fan. Q5 I didn't know but I know the quizwriters are Todd
Rundgren fans. Didn't know Q6. I've never heard of Carl Smith but the after question factoid said he was known as 'Mr Country' in the
1950s with 30 C&W hits. Knew Q7. Q8 was my pattern guess answer and about the only name I recognized. The correct answers turned out
to be 1,2,2,3,1,1,1,1,3,2. I noticed a pattern about halfway through and said the default answer was '1'. That got me Q8 as I had
no clue otherwise. If I'd just started thinking of the first few lines of Q9 I should have got the pill colour. Instead I went with
'1' which was 'Green'. I got Q10 out of the list of alt rocker women but said she was Australian (instead of from Oregon) when Phil asked
if she was the daughter of John Bonham.

Now the Encore betting comes up. Well 50% as usual. Wow I need this right to earn the bonus points and that hasn't happened for a long time.

Answers:

Boyz II Men

Dixie Chicks

Destiny's Child

Led Zeppelin

No Doubt

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I didn't know this but I was caught up in the pattern of the Headliner round and went with '1'. I then thought that it would be either them
or Destiny's Child--maybe soul for soul music. Nah Boyz II Men seems the best.

Correct Answer:....1. Boyz II Men

[NTN Extra Fact:...It's from their 'A Song For Mama', from the soundtrack to the movie 'Soul Food'].

I'm right and win as ROCKET with 52680. I earn 3000+ points for meeting the standard of 18000. I finish 6th on the Network Top 20
in the Playback East district. The bar was 3rd in the Playback East district with a 50289 average...I win and place 4th on this bar's reset
Hall of Fame out of only eight listings. It's the lowest of our group's four scores.
(ntn.com kept us in 3rd out of 1042 bars in the district).

Other games:
7:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...5725/15000...3rd/8...1000+ points...I'm 3021st in NA...I'm signed on by the eighth question.
...............LITBOX...5725/15000...3rd/8...1000+ points...I'm 3021st in NA...RON wins...my boards earn seven badges each.
8:00pm...Playback...(see above)
9:00pm...Tuned In...ROCKET...5918/10000...2nd/8...I earn 500+ points...I'm 243rd in NA.
.........LITBOX...5887/10000...3rd/8...I'm 250th in NA...the bar is 20th in NA with a 6010 average.
Looks like not many players earned the bonus points for finishing at 6000 points.
9:15pm...Speed Freaks...ROCKET...2750/28000...2nd/8...900+ points...I finish 3283rd in NA.
...........LITBOX...2750/28000...2nd/8...900+ points...I finish 3283rd in NA...LOLIFE wins.
I work on my ROCKET board until I meet the standard then switch to my other board and stop before the end.
9:30pm...Countdown...ROCKET...14463/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 37th in NA.
..................LITBOX...14463/15000...1st/9...1000+ points...I'm 37th in NA...the bar is 15th in North America with a 12972 average.
I earn 13 badges per board for this game.